People who know speakers, I've been using this set of BW-180H for over a decade (Which I'm sure you can tell by the photo) because the audio quality is fantastic, especially for their age. No tinny-ness to the sound or anything. Recently the right channel started crackling, so I got new Stereo MM cables, but now suddenly they aren't working at all. They are super quiet and with crackling. So, it seems what I need is a new set of speakers. What's a good speaker that can give me equivalent audio quality? I don't need a subwoofer, or heavy bass. What I care more about is clarity.
For the record I tested the cable with my phone and it actually started messing it up.
I know man, there's a reason I've kept them for nearly 2 decades. The audio quality was so good.
Samuel Nguyen
oh man, we had a set of those with our pentium 133. if that's the sound you love, go on ebay and find some altec lansings or cambridge soundworks with the seperate subwoofer, expect to pay about $30 used, they'll blow your fucking mind.
>altec lansings I second this recommendation. Best audio experience I ever had.
Julian Martin
Oh shit my uncle still had these speakers.
Isaac Garcia
Still got my 4.1 Creative speakers FPS 1800 in a box (used to be paired w/my gaming pc & sb audigy 2 zs) Now I use a set of altec lansing 2.1 w/ asus xonar DGX sound card
Mason Bennett
Nothing like that color of beige that only comes from well-used 1990s computer equipment
Evan Adams
Get some electric lubricant/cleaner. Carefully pull out the knobs for volume, treble, bass. Now you can clearly see the potentiometers. Very carefully apply the lubricant/cleaner to the potentiometers, afterwards turn them all the way back and forward to make the agent do its work. Put the plastic knobs back on. Should do the trick. Regardless, this is regular maintanence on speakers that old. I know because I have two different speaker sets pushing 13 and 20 years now still in use.
Jaxon Russell
Holy shit. We had those speakers when I was ten. Yeah, I remember them sounding great.
Leo Perez
Just apply it into the sockets with the potentiometers? I'll try and find some electric lubricant later on tonight.
Cameron Lee
Yes, shins the white knobs you will find pic related. Get some electrical cleaner in there, one or two drops, will do it. Turn it a few times so it gets around in there.
I'll give it a try. I mean not like I'm risking much anyway. Thanks for the suggestion, user.
Jose Young
> behind the white knobs And I guess it goes with saying you need the cleaner INSIDE, so point the nozzle to the bottom of the shaft. Well I guess you can figure it out. Just get a “electronic cleaner” from your local hardware store, heck even places where you get shit for your car has that stuff.
Joshua Taylor
No problem. It’s just a shame to throw those speakers out of it can be easily fixed. I’ve just seen too many times people throwing out perfectly good speakers and other sound equipment, because of static and other problems, when it all just can be saved by cleaning the places where years of dirt shit and dust gets in.
Jaxon Rodriguez
Me too.
Actually I still have the speakers and amp minus the casing, somewhere.
Chase Rogers
Noisy pots are usually caused by leaky caps. With AC (signal) only any roughness in the pot is lower because the voltage across the wiper contact averages lower. But with DC leaking through a coupling cap the voltage across the wiper contact is constant and so the noise generated sounds louder.
Adrian Reed
Open them and look for bloated / leaky capacitors, OP, then replace them.